Some racing headlines from the Mid-Atlantic, including plenty of interesting runners here and elsewhere…
Shotski, on the Triple Crown trail earlier this year, will get the rest of the year off as a result of bone bruising, trainer Jerry O’Dwyer revealed.
Hours after landing in Dubai for the UAE Derby, trainer Jerry O’Dwyer, set to saddle Shotski, learned the race and the World Cup card were canceled.
Graded stakes winner Shotski gets a big test in Saturday’s Fountain of Youth, and he’s already taking the barn of Jerry O’Dwyer into uncharted territory.
Shotski, who trains at and broke his maiden at Laurel Park, breezed a half-mile Saturday in preparation for next week’s G2 Fountain of Youth.